I assume bursting only cause Wonka implies that's what's going to happen if she isn't taken to be juiced immediately. I personally wouldn't be into that result, but that's how the movie implies it happens.
In your head, does the cause of blueberrification cause optimal inflation (full) or bursting inflation (bursting without help)
Over inflated: The character will inflate until the maximum point (just before bursting)
37% (29 votes)
Bursting: Left untreated, the character will eventually overinflate and burst
58% (45 votes)
Mostly inflated: Character will blow up fairly large, but will not be at the peak of bursting
5% (4 votes)
Total votes: 78
Wed, 05/11/2016 - 21:44
#3
AirPump
Thu, 05/12/2016 - 00:20
#4
"She has to be squeezed immediately before she explodes."
I think the inflation slows to a point where we can't even see it happening when the victim gets way too big. Explains extreme leakage in a lot of blueberry art and stories. The person is so full with juice that they can't possibly get any bigger, only becoming extremely tight. They always seem to still have the gum in their mouths too which could keep them filling up unless their face is too big to chew anything.
If they're not treated: boom.
Mon, 05/16/2016 - 14:17
#5
As a kid, I became too scared before I heard the line that said she coud explode. In my mind, and what turns me on, is the idea she would be trapped that way forever.
I know that's not what the books intended, but hey ho :)
Wed, 05/18/2016 - 07:54
#6
firnov
In my mind, the inflatee need help before she pops. The scene of this (older) wonka scene was not the first real life scene for me with inflation (and popping), and i had it in mind before. This also made the scene more stick in my mind as other inflation scenes without popping.
Later when i was a kid the new movie came (the one with Johnny depp etc.). And i was really waiting for the inflation scene. I saw it, it was nice, i liked she was getting bigger and more realistic as in the older movie. But yes, because the popping concept aint used in it made it feel less good as the older one.
This is my opinion about it.
This question recently came to mind when thinking about blueberrification. Seems like most folk believe that if you eat the gum, you'll keep swelling until you burst (like in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). That's the "bursting" option.
However, in my mind, I feel that if a character was to eat the gum, they'd end up inflating until they are fairly full but not in immediate danger of overinflation. Picture a balloon about to burst, being fully taut and solid, unable to stretch or bend in the slightest (Over inflated). Now remove around 5-15% of that air and you have a very full, but still slightly flexible balloon with a bit more room to fill (Mostly inflated).
The latter on the above sentence is what I picture. I think that the characters inflate until they are blueberry in shape, but not at the point of fragility where a simple bad movement could burst them. I like thinking that if you were to eat the gum, you'd be inflated and still good for however long you wished to be.
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